Elancia Chronicles - Battle System Alpha

An early iteration of the battle system that will be featured in Elancia Chronicles, a Japanese-style role-playing-game based on Leilani Wilson's novel series of the same name. Inspired by early PlayStation games from the mid-to-late '90s, Elancia focuses on providing a classic RPG experience with modern sensibilities and quality of life features, low-poly PSX-style visuals, and a gripping, queer-focused narrative.

This version focuses exclusively on the game's core battle system. The battle sees Verse and Xan, a pair of beast-kin pirates, pitted against a crew of sailors they're attempting to rob in the game's prologue. This is an early look at the game's visual style and gameplay mechanics.

Controls (Keyboard/PlayStation/Xbox):

• Navigate Menus: Arrow Keys/D-Pad/D-Pad
• Select Option: Space Bar/Cross/A
• Backtrack to Previous Menu: Escape/Circle/B
• Reset Game: `/Select/Back

Notes:

• The game does not currently reset after the credits screen, due to a bug. You will need to close the window manually after you reach the credits.
• There are various known bugs with the visuals, some of which can cause the game to softlock. This will be fixed in a later update, but this may be a ways coming, as it will require me to rework the entire animation system, due to my inexperience with Godot.
• If you have any critiques, feedback, or bugs to report, please feel free to comment them here on the Itch.io page, or reach out to the development team via the official Elancia Chronicles Discord server (https://discord.gg/KdYwpH97GS) or @KitTheGoddess.bsky.social on Bluesky. 
• Feel free to also join the above server if you're curious about the source material! The re-release of the first book is also now available for digital preorders on Transcendent Fiction Publishing's website: https://www.tfpublishing.com.au/store/elancia-chronicles-symphony-of-shifting-ti...
• If you're curious about the early development process for the game, feel free to check out the Process Documentation here! This was made for my Game Capstone course at my university.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j1rikQFBYpL4ZfgxeNZBu9xHstOTXlnd7QT-tl8VFgo/...

Credits:

• Design and Development: Madeline Miller (KitTheGoddess)
• Story, Characters, and Music: Leilani Wilson ( https://leilawilson.bandcamp.com/music)
• Character Modeling and Animation: Noah Barclay ( https://noahbarclaydesign.com/ )
• UI Character Portraits borrowed from Renz's cover art for the 2025 release of Symphony of Shifting Tides. Will likely be replaced later.